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Martin Walker looks at a new stand-alone utility that claims to add the human touch to MIDI data, and finds that it scores highly.
Apogee have a long association with state-of-the-art digital converters. Hugh Robjohns investigates two of their latest 'affordable' models, the fully equipped PSX100 A-D and D-A converter and its simpler derivative, the Rosetta A-D.
Paul White foresakes his towering effects rack for a budget processor that looks for all the world as though it would float in the bath!
Initially best known for their radical and stylistically diverse remixes of other people's material, Apollo Four Forty have recently notched up their tenth Top 40 single and have been expanding into music for TV, film and computer games. Sam Molineaux investigates the trio behind this feat of multimedia mastery...
Gwynn T. Robinson enjoys the sound of silence — but wonders why it's so difficult to achieve.
With their first Top 10 chart placing and massive radio play, Travis' recent single marked a commercial breakthrough for the band. Sue Sillitoe talks to producer Mike Hedges.
This month, SOS meets a very unique music-maker.
In the second instalment of this regular column looking at the latest developments in digital technology, Dave Shapton considers the future of the troubled Universal Serial Buss, and the direction in which the MP3 debate is heading.
This Month sees Martin Walker bemoaning certain schemes of copy protection, as well as investigating various downloads for Yamaha SW1000XG owners.
Martin Russ laments his unerring success at buying new Macs just as they are about to be superseded, but recovers enough to find another little-known but fascinating seam of music software.
Turn your Atari into an instant musical ideas machine with fascinating Music Mouse. Derek Johnson reviews a vintage Atari program that's still available new and checks out a useful ST resource web site.
Do you want your bass end to sound bigger, fatter, louder and meaner? Paul White explores some of the options.
The Internet was originally conceived as a resource for sharing information — and there's still quite a lot of it out there among the Star Trek sites and pirated MP3s, if you know where to look.
Martin Walker answers some of the most common queries about setting up and using your soundcard, and achieving the best audio quality.
First seen on their Rebirth software synth, Steinberg/Propellerhead's Rewire technology not only provides a means of getting software from multiple manufacturers to work together, it also arguably makes the 'studio-in-a-PC' a workable reality for the first time. Martin Walker unravels its complexities...
Attaching several different applications to a single MIDI or Audio device can be very useful — once you've worked out how to do it! Martin Walker guides you through the procedure and points out the varied uses of the multi-client approach.
Nice 4-band equalisers are not uncommon, but this one includes dynamic filtering and equalisation in a bid to lift it above the competition. Hugh Robjohns finds out what 'expounding' can do for your mixes.
Paul White discovers a sensibly priced CD recorder capable of handling any type of recording sessions without throwing a tantrum.
Mike Simmons ties up some loose ends with some words on browser compatibility, a look at other Internet music other than Real Audio, and a brief guide to using frames on your site.
Swedish company Elektron have taken the retro philosophy to new heights, with a synth based around the original SID sound chip from the Commodore 64 home computer.